‘All hell will break loose here,’ they said. And that’s exactly what happened.
Bünyamin Tekin
He dropped his wife and daughter at the spring festival at school so he could go downtown and run...
Enforced disappearance, torture of Turkish gov’t opponents are crimes against humanity, tribunal rapporteur says
Bünyamin Tekin, Geneva
The judges of the Turkey Tribunal, a civil society-led, symbolic international tribunal established to adjudicate recent human rights...
Turkey extends F-35 jet program lobbying contract with US law firm
Turkey has extended for one year a lobbying contract with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, one of Washington’s most prestigious...
8 former teachers, police officers arrested after trying to flee to Greece
Eight former teachers and police officers who were fired by government decrees in the aftermath of a 2016 coup attempt...
Turkish court sentences former rector, vice rector to prison over Gülen links
A Turkish court on Thursday handed down prison sentences to a former university rector and a former vice rector on...
Expensive promotion of Erdoğan’s book in US sparks criticism
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is keen to promote his recently published book during his visit to the US, but...
German MP calls for ban on Grey Wolves due to ‘anti-constitutional goals’
German Left Party MP Helin Evrim Sommer has called for a ban on the Grey Wolves, the far-right Ülkücü movement...
Infants accidentally administered COVID vaccines in Turkey, professor claims
A Turkish professor has claimed that some infants have accidentally been given coronavirus vaccines instead of the vaccines normally administered...
Turkey’s Diyanet is spending more than $70 mln to build mosques abroad
The Turkey Diyanet Foundation (TDV), an organization linked to the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), will have spent more than $70...
JWF event urges global effort to achieve UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The virtual UNGA Conference 2021: Transforming Our World, organized by the New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) and its...
Turkey’s central bank cuts key rate after Erdoğan pleas
Turkey's central bank cut its main interest rate on Thursday after months of pressure from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for...
Photographs reveal former officer handcuffed to hospital bed while intubated for COVID-19
Recently emerged photographs have revealed that a former decorated police officer who died last year of COVID-19 was handcuffed to...